Sotracor S.A

What Sotracor S.A does

Sotracor S.A. (Sociedad Transportadora de Córdoba S.A.) is a Colombian terrestrial passenger transportation company founded in 1972 and headquartered at Calle 37 # 1B-42 in Montería, Córdoba. The company is constituted as a Sociedad Anónima de derecho privado with legal validity through November 2050 and operates under Habilitación Resolución No. 000082 issued by the Colombian Ministry of Transport in November 2001. It provides inter-city and intra-regional public bus services across four northwestern Colombian departments — Córdoba, Bolívar, Sucre, and Antioquia — serving individual passengers for routine travel and, through its Servicios Especiales line, charter and tourism transport. The company owns and operates a diversified fleet of buses, with vehicles held directly or through administration/lease arrangements, all equipped with biosafety protocols following the SARS-COV-19 contingency.

The company has incrementally digitized its operations. It offers an online ticket booking platform (tiquetes.sotracor.com), a GPS-based fleet dispatch and tracking system (Despachos GPS) for real-time vehicle monitoring, a PQRSF customer service portal (pqrsf.sotracor.com) for handling petitions, complaints, and claims, and a personal data update portal for passengers. Distribution occurs through owned physical ticket offices at key locations, the online booking system, and customer service centers in Montería. An ICONTEC ISO quality certification is displayed on the corporate website.

Sotracor generates revenue on a transactional, pay-as-you-go basis from individual ticket sales for passenger transportation services and special/tourism routes. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and varies by route, distance, and service category. The customer base is exclusively B2C — general public passengers — with no enterprise or institutional customers identified. The company employs 24 people, has no disclosed parent, no subsidiaries, no institutional investors, and no funding rounds recorded. The legal representative is the Gerente General (General Manager).

Name

Sotracor S.A

Legal name

Sociedad Transportadora de Córdoba S.A.

Website

https://sotracor.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sotracor S.A. is a privately held Colombian inter-city bus operator founded in 1972, providing terrestrial passenger transportation across four departments (Córdoba, Bolívar, Sucre, Antioquia) to individual travelers, with GPS fleet tracking, online ticketing, and charter services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Intercity Passenger Bus Transportation

NAICS

Interurban and Rural Bus Transportation (48521)

SIC

Local & Suburban Transit & Interurban Hwy Passenger Trans (4100)

akta.pro primary industry

Long-Distance / Intercity Ridesharing (THADAFAC)

Keywords

• Terrestrial passenger transport
• Intercity bus services
• Public road transportation
• Charter bus services
• Passenger bus routing

Headquarters

HQ city

Montería

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Passenger Transportation Services: Revenue generated from selling bus tickets to passengers for inter-city and intra-regional terrestrial transportation across departments of Córdoba, Bolívar, Sucre, and Antioquia in Colombia. Passengers purchase individual tickets through the company's physical offices or online platform.
2. Special and Tourism Services: Special transportation services for tourism and specialized routes, providing charter or scheduled premium transportation services beyond regular public transport routes

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Sotracor S.A. is a Colombian terrestrial passenger transport company that operates public road bus services connecting cities and municipalities across the departments of Córdoba, Bolívar, Sucre, and Antioquia, using a diversified fleet of buses (owned or under administration/lease) that are habilitated with current biosafety protocols. The company provides both regularly scheduled routes and special/tourism charter services, with tickets sold through company-owned physical ticket offices and an online booking platform. Operational management is supported by a GPS-based dispatch and tracking system (Despachos GPS) and a customer service PQRSF system.

Product overview

Sotracor S.A. is a Colombian terrestrial passenger transportation company providing bus services across multiple departments. The company operates a unified platform offering core bus transportation services with integrated digital features including route scheduling (Rutas), special charter services (Servicios Especiales), online ticket purchasing (Compra tu Pasaje), GPS-based dispatch tracking (Despachos GPS), and a customer feedback management system (Sistema PQRSF). The company also maintains a passenger data management portal for account updates.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Servicio de Transporte Público Terrestre de Pasajeros Core public road passenger bus transportation service operating routes across the departments of Córdoba, Bolívar, Sucre, and Antioquia in Colombia, using a varied fleet of buses equipped with current biosafety protocols for the general traveling public.
• Servicios Especiales (Special and Tourism Transport) Charter and special-route transportation services, including tourism routes and other non-regular route transport for groups, schools, tour operators, and corporate clients using the company's habilitated fleet.
• Rutas (Scheduled Bus Routes) Scheduled inter-city bus routes connecting various municipalities across the departments of Córdoba, Bolívar, Sucre, and Antioquia, available for passenger booking through physical and online channels.
• Compra tu Pasaje (Online Ticket Purchase) Online ticket purchasing service allowing individual passengers to search and purchase bus tickets directly through the company's digital platform (tiquetes.sotracor.com) for routes across the four operating departments.
• Sistema de Despachos GPS (GPS Dispatch and Tracking) GPS-enabled vehicle dispatch and tracking system used by Sotracor for real-time monitoring of fleet operations across its passenger transportation network.
• Sistema PQRSF Customer-facing PQRSF system (Petitions, Complaints, Claims, Suggestions, and Commendations) that allows passengers to file and track feedback, complaints, and service requests with dedicated email contact ([email protected]).
• Actualización de Datos Personales Customer data management portal enabling passengers to update identification, contact, and city-of-residence information needed to purchase tickets on Sotracor's ticketing platform.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Copetran: Major Colombian passenger bus carrier operating nationwide routes, including connections into the Caribbean and northeastern regions where Sotracor operates. Directly comparable business model of scheduled intercity bus transport, but at substantially larger scale.
• Berlinas del Fonce: Long-standing Colombian passenger bus operator with services to multiple departments, including markets adjacent to Sotracor's footprint. Directly comparable in core product (intercity bus transport) and operational model.
• Rápido Ochoa: Established Colombian bus operator serving routes between Medellín, the Coffee Region, and northern cities that intersect Sotracor's Antioquia and Córdoba services. Closely comparable scheduled bus model with broader route network.
• Expreso Brasilia: One of the largest national intercity bus operators in Colombia, with a route footprint that overlaps Sotracor's Córdoba–Antioquia corridor. Comparable in core product (scheduled long-distance bus service) but materially larger in scale and geographic reach.

Direct peers

• Flota Magdalena: Regional Colombian bus operator serving the Magdalena and Caribbean corridor adjacent to Sotracor's routes. Highly comparable in scale and regional focus, with overlapping end-customer segments.
• Cootransúar: Regional passenger bus cooperative operating in Sucre and surrounding departments in the Colombian Caribbean. Closely comparable to Sotracor in regional scope, intercity bus model, and target passenger base.
• Cootracor: Regional bus operator based in the Córdoba/Montería area of Colombia, serving overlapping municipalities and end-passenger segments. Direct peer given shared territory and analogous regional intercity bus operations.

Regional players

• Transportes González: Colombian regional bus operator with services into Córdoba and Antioquia. Comparable core business of intercity bus transport but with somewhat different route concentration.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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